Russian State Ballet of Siberia return to perform three classic ballets, there is family fun with a host of favourite characters in Milkshake Live!, the story of the building workers strike is told in United We Stand, there is an Indian fable told in dance, comedy from Iain Stirling and Paul McCaffrey and an retrospective by abstract artist John Golding. SIMON PARKIN picks six cultural highlights not to miss this week.

Award-nominated theatre companies join forces for a musical adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame classic The Wind in the Willows, there is another lunchtime concert by the Britten Sinfonia, it’s dark and they’re wearing sunglasses, a night of the Blues Brothers in King’s Lynn and two of the finest exponents of traditional folk song visit. SIMON PARKIN picks six cultural highlights not to miss this weekend.